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riverflow Veteran
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- riverflow
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Re: Evolution=Samsara?
@zenmyste - Nihilism is one of the extreme ends of the Middle Way (eternalism being at the other end of the spectrum), something the Buddha did not propose. Life is neither a good or evil, but what w… (View Post)
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Re: Would you like to be rich?
'What right have you to take the word “wealth” which originally meant “well-being” and degrade and narrow it by confining it to certain sorts of material objects measured by money?' ~ John Ruskin (View Post)
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Re: My Guru Was A Drunk.
(Quote) Using the above sort of "interpretation" to justify it? At any rate, it is disappointing, but not surprising. I don't think sexuality is something to be treated with such a cavalier… (View Post)
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Re: What is the best 'descriptive' story of buddhas Enlightenment? What made him enlightened?
(Quote) You're assuming that awakening is something tangible, graspable, something that can be stuffed inside a conceptual box. The only way to find out IS to practice. I can describe for you and pro… (View Post)1 -
Re: Could seeing Truth/Enlightenment possibly lead to suicide?
More to the point about "enlightenment" leading to suicide... If you are desperately grabbing out for "salvation" (of ANY kind, Buddhist or whatever), then yes, there is an expect… (View Post)2